Parent Forums and Parent Councils
I17Restrictions as to composition and chairing of a Parent Council
1
Subject to subsection (2), the members of the Parent Council established for a school must be members of the school's Parent Forum or (but only if and in so far as the constitution of the council so admits) persons who are co-opted to the council by the persons who for the time being are its members.
2
In the case of a denominational school, the constitution of the council must provide for at least one of the council's members to be so co-opted and to be a person nominated by the church or denominational body in whose interest the school is conducted.
3
In subsection (2), “denominational school” means a school–
a
transferred to an education authority under section 16(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44) (transference of denominational schools to education authorities), or
b
provided by an education authority under section 17(2) of that Act (provision by education authority of denominational schools etc.).
4
Only a person who is a member of a school's Parent Forum may chair a Parent Council established for that school.